Productivity in Australia's Wholesale and Retail Trade

CONTENTS

Preliminaries
Cover, Copyright, Foreword, Contents, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Key messages, Overview

1 Introduction
1.1 Objectives and scope
1.2 Approach and structure of the paper

2 Nature of distributive trades
2.1 Role of the distributive trades
2.2 A snapshot of the Australian distribution sector
2.3 The changing role of the distribution sector
2.4 Assessing productivity

3 Overview of productivity trends
3.1 Measurement of sectoral productivity
3.2 Multifactor productivity growth in the wholesale and retail trade sectors
3.3 Wholesale trade productivity growth
3.4 Retail trade productivity growth

4 Wholesale
4.1 Industry trends
4.2 Technology and the transformation of wholesaling
4.3 Underlying influences on productivity
4.4 Fundamental influences on productivity
4.5 Conclusion

5 Retail
5.1 Industry trends
5.2 The productivity slowdown in the 1980s
5.3 Productivity growth in the 1990s
5.4 Conclusion

A Data sources
A.1 Sources
A.2 Compatibility
A.3 Concordance

B Measuring wholesale and retail productivity
B.1 Concept and measurement of productivity
B.2 Wholesale and retail trade output
B.3 Measurement in practice
B.4 Measuring inputs
B.5 Summing up

C Industry Snapshots
C.1 The petroleum wholesaling and retailing industry
C.2 Motor vehicle wholesaling and retailing

D Industry consultation

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